1578 - 1637
Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics. In 1590, when Ferdinand was 11 years old, they sent him to study at the Jesuits' college in Ingolstadt because they wanted to isolate him from the Lutheran nobles. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor has received more than 1,436,956 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor is the 304th most popular politician (down from 249th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Austria (down from 26th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Austrian Politician.
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor is most famous for being the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Among politicians, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 304 out of 15,577. Before him are Cardinal Mazarin, Raúl Castro, Sulla, Hugh Capet, Jacques Chirac, and Croesus. After him are Solon, Louis XVIII of France, Sargon of Akkad, Viktor Yanukovych, Park Chung-hee, and Christina, Queen of Sweden.
1602 - 1661
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 298
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 299
138 BC - 78 BC
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 300
940 - 996
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 301
1932 - 2019
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 302
596 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 303
1578 - 1637
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 304
638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 305
1755 - 1824
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 306
2300 BC - 2215 BC
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 307
1950 - Present
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 308
1917 - 1979
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 309
1626 - 1689
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 310
Among people born in 1578, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Philip III of Spain, William Harvey, François Ravaillac, Francesco Albani, Adam Elsheimer, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Fede Galizia, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Agostino Tassi, John Webster, and Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari. Among people deceased in 1637, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Christina of Lorraine, Ben Jonson, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Robert Fludd, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Isaac Beeckman, Pierre Vernier, Péter Pázmány, and Lorenzo Ruiz.
1578 - 1637
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 1
1578 - 1621
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 2
1578 - 1657
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 3
1578 - 1610
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 4
1578 - 1660
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 5
1578 - 1610
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 6
1578 - 1653
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 7
1578 - 1630
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 8
1578 - 1621
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 9
1578 - 1644
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 10
1578 - 1634
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 11
1578 - 1632
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 12
1578 - 1637
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 1
1587 - 1637
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 2
1565 - 1637
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 3
1572 - 1637
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 4
1580 - 1637
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 5
1580 - 1637
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 6
1574 - 1637
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 7
1602 - 1637
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 8
1588 - 1637
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 9
1580 - 1637
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 10
1570 - 1637
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 11
1600 - 1637
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 12
Among people born in Austria, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 31 out of 1,237. Before him are Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Romy Schneider (1938), Johann Strauss I (1804), and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552). After him are Niki Lauda (1949), Egon Schiele (1890), Herbert von Karajan (1908), Friedrich Hayek (1899), Anton Bruckner (1824), and Arnold Schoenberg (1874).
1747 - 1792
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 25
1858 - 1889
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 26
1640 - 1705
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 27
1938 - 1982
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 28
1804 - 1849
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 29
1552 - 1612
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 30
1578 - 1637
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 31
1949 - 2019
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 32
1890 - 1918
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 33
1908 - 1989
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 34
1899 - 1992
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 35
1824 - 1896
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 36
1874 - 1951
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 37
Among politicians born in Austria, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 12. Before him are Charles I of Austria (1887), Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741), Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552). After him are Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608), Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678), Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415), and Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802).
1887 - 1922
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 6
1741 - 1790
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 7
1793 - 1875
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 8
1747 - 1792
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 9
1640 - 1705
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 10
1552 - 1612
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 11
1578 - 1637
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 12
1832 - 1867
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 13
1557 - 1619
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 14
1608 - 1657
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 15
1678 - 1711
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 16
1415 - 1493
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 17
1802 - 1878
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 18